By Maxey H.B. No. 2494
74R4917 JRD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to state government's employee classification and payroll
1-3 systems and to transferring the position classification officer
1-4 from the state auditor's office to the Legislative Budget Board.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 654.016(d), Government Code, is amended
1-7 to read as follows:
1-8 (d) An action of the classification officer under this
1-9 section is subject to:
1-10 (1) any limitation established for the agency in the
1-11 General Appropriations Act, including limitations on the number of
1-12 positions and amount of appropriations; and
1-13 (2) the approval of <the state auditor with advice
1-14 from> the Legislative Budget Board <Audit Committee>.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 654.031, Government Code, is amended to
1-16 read as follows:
1-17 Sec. 654.031. POSITION OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The
1-18 position of classification officer is under the direction of <in>
1-19 the Legislative Budget Board <office of the state auditor>.
1-20 SECTION 3. Section 654.032, Government Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 654.032. APPOINTMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The
1-23 Legislative Budget Board <state auditor> shall appoint the
1-24 classification officer<, subject to the advice and approval of the
2-1 Legislative Audit Committee>.
2-2 SECTION 4. Section 654.035, Government Code, is amended to
2-3 read as follows:
2-4 Sec. 654.035. FIRST ASSISTANT CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The
2-5 classification officer, subject to the approval of the <state
2-6 auditor and the> Legislative Budget Board <Audit Committee>, may
2-7 appoint a first assistant classification officer to whom the
2-8 classification officer may delegate the statutory powers and duties
2-9 of the classification officer when the classification officer is
2-10 absent.
2-11 SECTION 5. Section 654.040, Government Code, is amended to
2-12 read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 654.040. ACTION BY GOVERNOR. In response to a report
2-14 under Section 654.039, the governor:
2-15 (1) may determine, with the advice of the Legislative
2-16 Budget Board <Audit Committee>, the action to be taken to resolve a
2-17 nonconformity; and
2-18 (2) may direct the comptroller to not issue a payroll
2-19 warrant for the appropriate employee or position until the
2-20 nonconformity is corrected.
2-21 SECTION 6. Section 654.041, Government Code, is amended to
2-22 read as follows:
2-23 Sec. 654.041. EXAMINATION FOR COMPLIANCE BY STATE AUDITOR;
2-24 REPORTS. The state auditor shall:
2-25 (1) examine or cause to be examined, in periodic
2-26 postaudits of their expenditures and by methods the auditor
2-27 considers appropriate and adequate, whether departments and
3-1 agencies are in compliance with this chapter; and
3-2 (2) report the findings to the governor, the
3-3 comptroller, the Legislative Budget Board, and the Legislative
3-4 Audit Committee.
3-5 SECTION 7. Chapter 654, Government Code, is amended by
3-6 adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
3-7 SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS
3-8 Sec. 654.901. PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION
3-9 SYSTEM. All departments, agencies, and entities to which the
3-10 position classification plan applies and all state institutions of
3-11 higher education shall participate in the Human Resources
3-12 Information System.
3-13 SECTION 8. Subchapter F, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
3-14 amended by adding Section 659.085 to read as follows:
3-15 Sec. 659.085. PARTICIPATION IN UNIFORM STATEWIDE PAYROLL
3-16 SYSTEM. All state agencies, including institutions of higher
3-17 education, shall participate in the uniform statewide payroll
3-18 system.
3-19 SECTION 9. (a) The position classification officer, subject
3-20 to the approval of the Legislative Budget Board, shall appoint a
3-21 committee to study whether the position classification plan should
3-22 be redesigned so that there are fewer and broader class
3-23 descriptions of work and more levels of pay groups. The composition
3-24 of the committee is not subject to Article 6252-33, Revised
3-25 Statutes.
3-26 (b) The position classification officer, with the approval
3-27 of the Legislative Budget Board, may implement a redesigned system
4-1 based on the study.
4-2 SECTION 10. (a) The governor shall appoint a committee to
4-3 study the state's classification and compensation system. The study
4-4 must include a review of the state's personnel policies. The
4-5 governor shall appoint to the committee elected officials, state
4-6 employee representatives, and persons knowledgeable about
4-7 compensation systems in the private sector. The composition of the
4-8 committee is not subject to Article 6252-33, Revised Statutes.
4-9 Membership of a public officer or employee on the committee is an
4-10 additional duty of the member's office or employment.
4-11 (b) The governor, Legislative Budget Board, state auditor,
4-12 and comptroller shall provide staff support for the committee.
4-13 (c) The committee shall report the results of its study to
4-14 the governor and to the legislature not later than November 1,
4-15 1996.
4-16 SECTION 11. On the effective date of this Act, the position
4-17 classification officer is transferred from the office of the state
4-18 auditor to the Legislative Budget Board. All employees of the
4-19 position classification officer and all employees of the state
4-20 auditor who are employed primarily to assist the position
4-21 classification officer are transferred with the officer. All
4-22 records and property of the position classification officer are
4-23 transferred with the officer. All decisions and rules of the
4-24 position classification officer and all decisions and rules of the
4-25 state auditor that relate to the position classification officer
4-26 are continued in effect until superseded by proper authority of the
4-27 position classification officer or the Legislative Budget Board.
5-1 SECTION 12. Section 654.042, Government Code, is repealed.
5-2 SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
5-3 SECTION 14. The importance of this legislation and the
5-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.